Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1947)

Page scan 000310 from Movie Makers

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Makers
Date:
Jan-Dec 1947
Publisher:
Amateur Cinema League, inc.
Volume:
Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1947)
Leaf #:
000310
Language:
English
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Movie Makers, the official publication of the Amateur Cinema League, documented and championed home movies and production by local film clubs. During 27 years of publication, Movie Makers provided extensive coverage of the growth of 16mm, the availability of Hollywood films to the home, filmmaking style, amateur production, and color cinematography. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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102 AMATEUR CLUBS What organized groups are doing everywhere Show in Minneapolis The Minneapolis Cine Club, ACL, enhanced its reputation for fine pictures with the battery of films shown at its tenth annual spring show. The first part of the program consisted of Elevator Fire, by Dr. Leonard j. Martin. ACL; Lake Superior Landscape, by Elmer W. Albinson; Glorifying the Muskrat, by Stanley Berglund. ACL. and Lawrence Berglund: Doivnbound, by Carroll K. Michener. ACL. and The Minneapolis Aquatennial, by Charles V. Carroll and Percy E. Hopkins, ACL. After intermission. Nature Adorns Mother's Day, by G. L. Larson. ACL; Broadway Lights, by Russell C. Duncan, ACL; Wild Rice Harvest, by Monroe P. Killy; U "estern Vistas, by Dr. Earl C. Henrikson, ACL, and India, by Carroll R. Davidson, ACL, were shown. In addition, club members are active individually in Herbert Moore • Dr. Robert E. Haentze, right, receives the Philadelphia Cinema Club award for How Green Are My Parents, from Francis M. Hirst, president. Minneapolis Cine Club, ACL • Left to right: H. Thompson, G. L. Larson, ACL, C. Egekvist, Dr. H. Scott, J. Peterson and C. Ware, of the Minneapolis Cine Club, ACL, at auction. screening films to shut-ins in nursing homes, hospitals and social service centers. Cray at Dayton More than 500 members and guests of the Dayton Amateur Movie Makers Club packed the city's Art Institute for a recent invitation screening of outstanding films by Ralph E. Gray, FACL, of Mexico City. Members of the neighboring Columbus Movie Makers were joint hosts with the Dayton unit, with Howard J. Smith, Dayton president, presiding at the gathering. Seen on the sixteen foot screen, via arc projection, were Typical Times in the Tropics, 1946 Maxim Award winner; Paricutin, a short subject on the famed Mexican volcano, and Primitive Patzcuaro. More than three score guests and club officers entertained Mr. Gray at dinner preceding the screen program. Mount Vernon Screens The ninth annual movie night of the Mount Vernon, N. Y., Movie Makers brought four pictures to the auditorium of the city's A. B. Davis High School: Niagara Falls, by Richard Cano; Reflections, by Henry E. Hird, FACL; Squeaky' s Kittens, by Walter Bergmann, FACL, and Singing Shadows, by Herman Bartel, which were adjudged up to the club's usual standards by a capacity audience. Contest at Schenectady The Movie Group of the Schenectady Photographic Society, ACL, recently held its annual competition and, at a later meeting, screened the winners of the contest. The films, judged by the consulting department of the Amateur Cinema League, were graded as follows: Things That Easter Brings, by H. M. Webber, ACL; Shakers of Lebanon, by Francis Spoonogle, ACL; American Island Seas, by H. M. Jacobs; Jonathan, The Chipmunk, by E. H. MacMullen, ACL; Toys for Two, another by Mr. Webber; Summer Trip 1946, by C. H. Steenstrup, and Silver Bay, the second by Mr. Jacobs. Berkshire Competition The Berkshire Museum Amateur Movie Club, ACL, of Pittsfield, Mass., also had a contest. All About Me, by Mabel Bradway, ACL; Christmas, by F. H. Chant; Just Fishing, by Noel Motter; Thanksgiving, by Mr. Chant, and Berkshire Skaters, by Miss Bradway, were the winners, in order. Pictures at Parkchester Six hundred members and guests packed St. Helena's Auditorium for the sixth annual movie show of the Parkchester Cinema Club, ACL. of the Bronx. New York. The two hour show consisted entirely of films made by members of the club. Included in the program were Moods Eternal, by George Kirstein; Case 419, by Herman B. Getter; The Viper Pit and Oddities, again by Mr. Kirstein; Postwar Parkchester, a club production, and Came the Dawn, by John Arricale. Albany Contest Twenty three films were entered in the recent competition of the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Albany, ACL, with the following award winners: Granite Quarry, by Harry L. Jewell; Circus Arrival, by Esther P. Cooke, ACL; Mardi Gras, by C. R. Creamer; Seventh Wonder, by [Continued on page 313]